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Feb 10

by Matt in Action, News 0 comments tags: banked slalom, mt baker, snowboarding

2014 Mt Baker Legendary Banked Slalom

I had the opportunity to capture the Mt Baker Legendary Banked Slalom for The Bellingham Herald Sunday. It was a pretty good time and a learning experience to say the least. As thankful as I am for Mt Baker Ski area always taking me around on a snow mobile for events I really need to learn how to snowboard, so I can ride with my cameras to get to better locations for photos on the mountain. Anyways, here’s some photos from the event.

Feb 03

by Matt in Action, News, Portraits 0 comments tags: 12th man, Bellingham, seahawks, super bowl

Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl!

In 2012 no one really knew who these two best friends Doug Baldwin and Richard Sherman were. When I took this photo I had no idea two years down the road they would help bring a Super Bowl to Seattle. I am pretty damn happy one of the Seattle pro teams won a championship and I got to witness it… For the past several weeks I have taken photos of Seahawks 12 man rallies, local residents going to the Super Bowl and pretty much any and everything Seahawks related for The Bellingham Herald. Video from the first 12th Man rally in Bellingham: Video from the second 12th Man rally in Bellingham:

Dec 25

by Matt in News, Portraits 0 comments tags: christmas, comedy, Portraits

Merry Christmas from my family

My little brother is back from New York and my full family is actually together for the first time in a long time on Christmas. Instead of just taking a basic photo I decided to make a few portraits of my family this year and combine them into one photo. I also took a bunch of portraits for my brother while he was here. He is working on his improv/sketch comedy in New York, so while my dad was sleeping on the couch and my mom and sister were talking we made the short video below… And then we made another video using one of his ideas: Anyways…Merry Christmas from the McDonald family!

Dec 20

by Matt in News, Portraits 0 comments tags: Bellingham, light writing, Portraits

First attempt at portraits with Dustin

I have never really been a portrait photographer and over the past two months I have been reading every book I can on the subject and studying the art. I also purchased new SB 910 flashes, and other studio gear, so I can start creating portraits and perfect the art. I met with Dustin last night and gave my first serious attempt of capturing portraits that you can see here. I even tried some light writing techniques to get some more unique photos. If you are interested in getting some portraits done feel free to contact me at matt@equalitydesigns.com.

Dec 02

by Matt in Magazine Clips, News, Video 0 comments

Spark Museum: Tesla Coil / MegaZapper photos and video

The Bellingham Herald sent me to the Spark Museum in Bellingham last week to capture the Electric Show and the MegaZapper, which is a large Tesla Coil. It was a pretty fun assignment and was a great change from capturing shopping on Grey Thrusday and Black Friday. View all the photos from the Spark Museum on The Bellingham Herald by CLICKING HERE.

Nov 22

by Matt in Action, Landscapes, News 0 comments tags: mt baker ski area, skiing, snowboarding

Opening day at Mt. Baker Ski Area

The Bellingham Herald sent me up to Mt. Baker Ski Area for opening day on Nov. 21, 2013. It was easily my favorite photo assignment to date. It days like this that put a huge smile on my face. Here’s the photos and video from the day.

Nov 03

by Matt in News 0 comments tags: Bellingham, halloween

Halloween in Bellingham

Halloween 2013 seems like the longest holiday extravaganza of my life. I’m not complaining at all though. The day before Halloween I captured photos at Toni & Guy in Bellingham for The Bellingham Herald. I took photos of J.E.M. Special Events & Beauty and Toni & Guy make up and hair artists turn people into zombies for the haunted house put on by Make.Shift at Boundary Bay. After the zombies were ready I walked down to Boundary Bay to shoot a short video of the haunted house you can see below. On Halloween I setup a backdrop at the YMCA for the to take photos of kids trick-or-treating downtown for The Bellingham Herald. It was a real busy two hours of photography, but the kids were great. I ended up with over 80 photos of local trick-or-treates and you can see all the photos HERE and HERE and a few of my favorites below. After I finished those photo galleries I took my Nikon D3s and a 50mm 1.4mm and hit the town to get the adult side of Halloween. All in all it was an eventful week to say the least.

Jul 05

by Matt in Magazine Clips, News 0 comments tags: 4th of july, Bellingham, blaine

Relive the 4th of July in Whatcom County

It’s July 5th and my hand hurts from shooting so much video and photos for work and personal stuff yesterday. I started out at the Blaine’s Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration to capture the parade and car show. You can see video of both below. Pretty much quick raw edits to give you an idea of what happened. Car show video: Parade video: You can see my photos that ran in the paper below and you can see all the photos from the parade by CLICKING HERE. After that I drove back to Bellingham attended a BBQ, ate a meal of food and then went up to Sehome hill to capture the fireworks. You can see that video here and a few photos below: Now that I am done with this blog post I am off to Locust Beach to take photos of a post 4th of July beach cleanup.

Jul 03

by Matt in Landscapes, News 0 comments

A summer day at Clayton Beach in Bellingham

It was over 80 degrees in Bellingham and I had the day off from work. Dana and I pondered where we should go and decided to revisit Clayton Beach just outside of Larrabee State Park. Here’s some photos from the day.

Jun 11

by Matt in News 2 comments

Squalicum surprises student with a new wheelchair

Squalicum High School senior Dana Armerding is surprised by fellow band and citizenship class students with a new wheelchair, Monday, June 10, 2013 at the school. Squalicum students raised money toward the purchase. “They are an amazing group of kids,” said Amerding’s grandfather, Carl Armerding, who was at the unveiling. View the photo gallery: Click Here Read the story: Click Here